Comb



May 25, 1948.

| s. UTLEY COMB Filed Sept. 19, 1945 Patented May 25, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

Columbia Protektosite Company, 1110., Carlstadt, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application September 19, 1945, Serial No. 617,247

This invention relates to combs.

One object of the invention is to provide a comb having improved means for supporting the same.

According to the usual custom, a comb is placed to rest on a side in which position it occupies considerable space on a ladys dresser or vanity. In a pullman sleeper, in which space is especially limited, the comb is even more in the way, and the result is that oftentimes other articles overlap on and conceal the comb. While many combs are made of pocket size, the demand for the large size comb is strong and hence the need for avoiding these and still other difliculties. Among the latter, it may be mentioned that when a comb is washed and dried, water generally remains between the teeth, and I have perceived that evaporation proceeds very slowly when the comb is lying in its usual position but proceeds more rapidly when the comb is, for instance, suspended.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide improved means for supporting a comb on a plane surface with its teeth in upwardly projecting position.

Because it is the practice to mold combs with the parting line of the mold along the central plane of the comb, a small burr is generally raised which is not particularly noticeable along the edges of the comb, but which would interfere with the seating of the comb in vertical position on a plane surface.

It is therefore another object of the invention to furnish an improved comb with a base which does not require laborious removal of the parting line burr.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention comprises the novel features, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters through.- out the several views.

In the drawing:

Fig. L is a fragmentary diagrammatic elevation showing a comb embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the comb.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined but, useful cm- 3 Claims. (01. 132-41) 2 bodiments may be produced involving less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing a preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, l0 denotes a comb embodying the invention. The same may include a row of comb teeth H which may be large or small, coarse or fine, and straight or wavy. These teeth are mounted on a back l2 whi-chis usually slightly'thicker than the teeth. Heretofore this base had its outer marginal surface curved in greater or less degree. Because combs molded of plastic are formed with the parting line of the mold in the central plane of the comb, a minute longitudinal burr such as Illa occurs along the edges of the comb. Hence in well designed combs the curvature of the outer surface of the base is reduced almost to the degree of providing a conical surface so that this burr along the apex of that surface is less pronounced and does not appear as an interruption in a curved surface.

For supporting the comb so that it may rest on a plane surface IS with the row of teeth upright, I provide a base I4 which is preferably molded as an integral part of the comb. This base has a width substantially greater than the thickness of the back. For example while the back may be about 0.2 inch thick, that of the base may be about 0.5 inch thick to afford a stable support for the comb. Furthermore the base I4 is sufficiently removed from the teeth to avoid obstruction in the use of the comb. Thus the base begins at a point at least 0.5 inch away from the root of the teeth. The center of gravity of the comb will be below its geometric center line, the base l4 exercising a stabilizing influence on the comb. By the construction shown, the comb may be used at the usual small acute angle to a person's head in combing the hair, and the base It affords a good grip in manipulating the comb.

Formed in the bottom of the base 14 is a longitudinal groove or recess l5 thereby assuring a better seating on the surface I3 and causing the burr to be elevated above that surface so that the base forms a plane seat. Hence removal of the burr in the groove [5 is not required, and the grinding and polishing operations that would be entailed are avoided. By making the groove relatively large, the amount of plastic used is re- 7 a I 4' r r g r opposite said teeth root portions, said base extension terminating ina, seating surface extending in a plane perpendicular to said first mentioned plane and having a width'at least equal horizontal planefor maintaining the comb in a of comb teeth and a coplanar, relatively thin" back, and a base integrally formed to extend along said body so that theback interconnects with and lies between thecom'b teeth a the base, saidback having a widthsufii'ci'entitq 7 mit finger gripping thereat in handlingt'liecom the base being characterizedibwa bottomrseatingy surface adapted for the support of the comb in a horizontal plane in stand-up position with tlia comb teeth projecting upwardly, said bottom seating surface'lying' in" a ipl'ane approximately at right angles to an axis of said bodyand being substantially equally extended o'ni opposite sides of'said axis tlie" plane of the bod'y to provide a: Width at sfialiiiig} surface substantially the? width: of t a base to c'onstitute a support? for maintaining the oomb 'ir'i the' standLiup po'sition r the comb includingthe-teeth; back a'nd base to said width of the back, said base extension being substantially wider than the thickness of.

said back to provide therewith'efficient finger gripping-manna: facilitaife manipulation of the s comb and 'so constructed 'and arranged to constitute said seating surface as :a support-in a freely resting stand-up position with the teeth projecting upwardly when the comb is not in use.

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portions extending fr'om'bne longitudinal-- edge of said back and havirig' axes of said back and t'e'etli projecting the sameplane,- said -back being relatively thicker t1i9ln"th teeth; an'd ai 40 1,3 2,

base extension formed on the edge ofsaidiback' surface, said back being i of gradually increasing thickness from said: side to-tthef edge surface-and having as width therebetweentof at least one liaH inch; thepwidthxofv.said: base:surface beingrat' 7 least equal to the width of said back and atsleasii' twice the thickness of said backat saidibase side; for providing sufficientt, finger gripmeans -thereat to manipulate: the bomb" and to support same "on said base edge surface' 'restingiin a horizontal planewith th'e teeth-in an:upright=:positionh REFERENCEECITED; I

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